ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,822, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).
"Use of white noise in auditory devices" was invented by James R. Milne (Romona, Calif.), Justin Kenefick (San Diego), Allison Burgueno (Oceanside, Calif.) and Gregory Carlsson (Santee, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method monitors a background SPL. The method also determines that the background SPL is below a first SPL threshold. A speaker of an auditory device plays white noise. The method, responsive to determining that the white noise has played for a first length that meets a first time threshold or that the background SPL meets the ...